Green Tea Latte

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Green Tea
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Flavors
Grass, Marshmallow, Sweet, Vanilla
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170 °F / 76 °C 0 min, 15 sec

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Matcha powder, milk, with or without classic syrup as a sweetener (recommend no classic syrup, it’s still plenty sweet). Excellent iced or hot!

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I am pleasantly surprised. (I’m sure the matcha purists will be horrified!)

The first couple sips I definitely got a bit of the grassy/raw matcha flavor (I think some powder was hiding in the foam). It was also way too hot. As it cools and I get deeper into the cup I am getting a lot of honey sweetness. Must be in the mix as I did not add anything. The mix of matcha (or whatever they use) and honey and frothed milk is a nice combo. It’s not overly heavy or sweet, it feels somewhat healthy compared to a whipped cream and chocolate covered mocha or similar.

I don’t go to starbucks but once or twice a year, but next time I find myself there I will get this or try another of their tea lattes.

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C
Cofftea

I’ve tried this once. Back when they put melon syrup in it and didn’t list it in the ingredients. Since then, even though they discontinued the syrup, I’m just too scared to try it again in fear of wasting my money, their product, and their time making me something else. I’ve also heard their matcha has fillers… possibly presweetened like Rishi’s as well? Love the idea though, and I love their full leaf tea lattes… although after trying 52teas Mayan Chocolate Chai, I think I’ll be bringing that w/ me the next time I go to SBUX.

Janefan

I accidentally created an entry for this under “Starbucks” before I found it in “Tazo.” So the other one needs to be deleted. I tried to send it via Feedback, no idea if that worked.

LENA

@ Cofftea – I don’t think that Rishi sweetens their matcha. Their website openly lists all the ingredients of their teas as well as the Nutritional Facts. Sweetener is NOT added from what I’ve read.

Cofftea

LENA, they used to have one w/ ginger (and maybe another one, I seem to remember 2) that said it was sweetened… but I’ve searched their site for “ginger”, “sweetened”, and “matcha”, but didn’t find it so maybe they use something else. I didn’t know SBUX uses Rishi brand matcha.

Janefan

Starbucks sells “Matcha Green Tea Latte with Honeydew Concentrate by Tazo Tea” on their web store. Tazo also makes a plain “Tazo Matcha Green Tea Latte Concentrate.” I assume they use one of these in their drinks. I can’t be certain that the honeylike sweetness I tasted was honeydew, but it didn’t taste melon-y to me. I wish now that I had paid more attention when they were making my drink today to see what they used (or just asked!)

Shanti

Rishi used to/maybe still makes a sweetened macha that is half sugar half tea. It’s NOT supposed to be drank like straight matcha, though, it’s for flavoring food and drinks.

LENA

I don’t know if Starbucks uses Rishi brand matcha. I recently bought Rishi’s matcha and didn’t notice any added sweetener. Then, I double checked their site to confirm after reading your comment.

Cofftea

Janefan, Please find out and inform me!:) If it’s a concentrate, I’ll pass. I don’t even use concentrate for chai lattes.

Shanti

Whoops, cut off my comment. I meant to add that I read a really funny entry online about a guy who prepared the Rishi matcha like normal matcha, with yucky results. :)

Also, yes the Starbucks matcha powder is pre-sweetened with sugar, so if you want a sugar-free green tea latte, you can’t really get one. You can ask for one without sugar syrup though, to cut down the sugar a little bit.
Also, what do you mean by full leaf tea lattes? For the chai latte, they use a liquid mix and add hot water, vanilla syrup, and steamed milk.

Shanti

LENA, you’re right, SBUX doesn’t use Rishi brand matcha. I didn’t mean to make it sound like I was saying that. I thought Cofftea had asked about Rishi and I was just agreeing. :)

Cofftea

Shanti, you can get it w/ tea bags instead of the concentrate. I always do and it’s sooo much better. I suggest 2 in a tall. Don’t get another size because the flavor ratio is messed up then.

Cofftea

No wonder it was gross! I was hoping it was just the melon syrup and now that it’s gone it would be better. :(

Shanti

Cofftea, Ah, I see what you mean. I think technically that’s called “tea misto”…and ugh, why do I know so much about starbucks! I don’t even like coffee. :)

Cofftea

No a tea misto would be 1/2 tea and 1/2 milk just like a coffee misto would be 1/2 coffee and 1/2 milk.

Shanti

Which is different from your tea latte how? (Sorry I’m not trying to be snarky or anything, just wondering). I’ve asked my ex-boyfriend about this before, and he said that the tea-bag chai “latte” is really a misto. The new “tea lattes” like the London Fog, etc, are per the manual tea mistos with additional syrup…

Cofftea

Shanti, a tea latte is 1/3 water and 2/3 milk unless it’s a dirty latte, then it’s 1/3 espresso like a regular latte, w/ tea bags or concentrate. The sweeten their tea lattes? Ugh. That makes no sense because if you order a “tall latte” it isn’t presweetened. The only tea latte I’d dare presweeten is a chai.

Shanti

Oh, I get it. Thanks for explaining. :)

fcmonroe

This discussion confirms that Starbucks is way too complicated to understand.

Cofftea

Just like w/ anything you need to know what questions to ask. I’ve gone in there several times and between me and the barista, the one that was more confused was the barista.

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Love at first taste! Never tasted matcha before, but now I want more. Had a medium size one tonight with no sugar syrup. Very tasty and very green. Smelled wheatgrassy to me, but tasted heavenly- sweet on it’s own no need for that syrup:) Will go back for this!

Cofftea

Real matcha doesn’t taste anything like this. Poorly executed in my opinion. At least they stopped putting melon syrup in it.

rabbysmom

Really? What does it taste like- I’m curious now and really want to try the “real thing”. Is it hard to make yourself? I obviously have no clue about matcha and welcome any pointers :)

TeaEqualsBliss

Yes, Matcha pointers welcome :)

Cofftea

Rabbysmom, actully matcha is probably the easiest, fool poof tea. At least in my opinion:) 1.) Sift the desired amount of matcha (to get rid of clumps and make whisking easier) into your desired drinking vessle (I strongly suggest a matcha bowl, but that’s just me), Heat the desired amount of water and pour over your match. Whisk and enjoy! In my opinion, a matcha scoop makes measuring the matcha easier and the whisk makes it easier to whisk.

Other than how I’ve already described it in my tasting notes, it’s something I can’t really describe other than wonderful!" It is sweet, but more like other green teas can be sweet and not an artificial sweet. I’m still trying to wrap my head around its sweeTEAness myself!

rabbysmom

Sounds lovely! This will have to be something I try soon. Where do you like to get your matcha?

Cofftea

52teas!!! I suggest getting that one and just a regular, unflavored matcha. In addition to the 3 in my cupboard, I’ve also had Rishi’s but I haven’t prepared that one on my own. I won’t buy it myself because I hate the packaging.

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7 tasting notes

This is my go to drink at Starbucks. I enjoy it either hot or iced, usually with non fat milk.

Meghann M

I"ve never had these, is it a matcha like latte? Does it taste like green tea?

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11 tasting notes

Not bad. I mixed equal parts milk and this delicious concoction. It’s good, but is it even tea? Is it even healthy? Am I drinking real matcha? I’m gonna mix this with vanilla ice cream tomorrow.

teapot1

Hilarious…I love the segway from questions regarding health and authenticity to the addition of ice cream! Ice cream makes every thing better:).

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2 tasting notes

I work at *bux so it kicks to get these for free since matcha costs AN ARM to buy. They can taste really good if you make it right. The downside is that the matcha is premixed with sugar.
-Ask for it with no classic syrup
-Ask for xtra matcha powder scoops (it’s no xtra charge)
-It’s better with soy (extra .60 cents), but it is much sweeter.

Preparation
150 °F / 65 °C 0 min, 15 sec

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138 tasting notes

delicious. i’ve had this so many times that i never logged, and the few times i did i logged it under Starbucks green tea frap/matcha frap although i’ve never had it as a frap. for me, the powder is already so sweet and satiating it doesn’t need any syrup, let alone frappification! with soy milk, this tastes like some kind of vanilla marshmallow treat with the slightest touch of grass.

i know this isn’t straight matcha (and i have plenty of those in my cupboard! not to mention wonderful, unsweetened flavored matchas from Red Leaf) but there’s something about this scandalous confection that’s so good. can’t decide if the matcha powder Starbucks/Tazo (?) makes is giving off the marshmallowy flavor or if it comes from the kind of soy milk they use, but either way, with the correct number of scoops it’s perfectly sweet and is delicious consumed hot or cold.

there have been instances where i’ve been too full after dinner to even take a sip (tonight is one of those nights) so i’ll either refrigerate it or let it sit and cool on my night table and drink it first thing when i wake up.

Flavors: Grass, Marshmallow, Sweet, Vanilla

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10 tasting notes

I’ve had the Tazo Green Tea latte mix which you buy in a tetra pack. Drink warm with milk and it’s quite good

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58 tasting notes

Rocking an venti iced no classic green tea latte with an extra scoop of matcha powder at this very moment. :) A summer favorite!

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